Archives - 2015

Erzsébet Illés held a lecture at  the „International Symposium of Amphiphilic Polymers, Networks, Gels and Membranes” symposium entitled “Designing a new multifunctional PEG-polycarboxylate shell on nanomagnets for biological use” at the Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary. Ildikó Tóth held a lecture at  the „Intelligent materials in the biomedicine” workshop entitled “Magnetic nanoparticles, theranostic applications” at the University of Debrecen, Hungary. Etelka Tombácz, Erzsébet Illés and Ildikó Tóth had oral presentations at the 5th Zing Bionanomaterials Conference (Carvoeiro, Portugal). COST workshop entitled “Medical requirements for Magnetic Hyperthermia application” of the TD1402 RADIOMAG e-COST action in Lisbon, Portugal. The H2020-NMP-2015 Full-Proposal “Nanomedicine therapy for cancer” (SPIONs4CancerTherapy) has been successfully submitted; our group is involving as project partner in it. Erzsébet Illés and Ildikó Tóth were granted by the “Campus Hungary short-term mobility grant for university staff” to attend the 5th Zing Bionanomaterials Conference (Carvoeiro, Portugal) and hold lectures in April, 2015. The M-era.Net Full-Proposal “Designed magnetic nanoparticles - theranostic agents for amyloid-related diseases” (AMYLOMAG) has been successfully submitted; our group is involving as project partner in it. 4 papers authored by Erzsébet Illés, Ildikó Tóth and Daniel Neszter were published in the special issue (10th Magnetic Carriers Conference) of Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 

Archives - 2014

A seminar lecture entitled Nanomedicine - the SEON concept was given by Jan Zaloga (Visitor researcher from University Hospital of Erlangen, Section of Experimental Oncology and Nanomedicine, Erlangen, Germany) Erzsébet Illés was granted by the “Campus Hungary short-term mobility grant for university staff” to attend the EUROMEDLAB2015 Conference (Paris, France) and present a poster in June, 2015. 1st Managment Committee (MC) meeting of the TD1402 RADIOMAG (Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Magnetic Hyperthermia and Indirect Radiation Therapy) COST action in Brussels A lecture was given by E.Tombácz (Interactions at the bio-nano interfaces of SPIONs) and 3 posters were presented by the groupmembers (E. Illés, I. Tóth and D. Nesztor) on the 6th SIWAN Conference, Szeged (Hungary) A lecture was given by E.Tombácz (Interactions at the bio-nano interfaces of magnetite nanoparticles) on the Physnet workshop, Stara Lesna, Slovakia 57th Congress of Hungarian Society of Laboratory Medicine, Nyíregyháza (Hungary): in the frame of the cooperation with Institute of Laboratory Medicine (University of Szeged) a poster entitled “Examination of Biocompatibility of Magnetite Nanoparticles Designed for Medical Use” was awarded by the “Best Poster Prize” and selected for presentation in Paris on EUROMEDLAB 2015 10th International Conference on the Scientific and Clinical Applications of Magnetic Carriers in TU Dresden  - 5 posters were presented by the groupmembers The final evaluation of the COST proposal "Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Magnetic Hyperthermia and Indirect Radiation Therapy" (RADIOMAG) is outstanding - it has been selected for realisation :) Part 1-2: the lab and our office was succesfully moved into the renovated Bolyai building Kalocsa, Hungary: lecture was given by Erzsébet Illés (”Magnetic fluids for biomedical application”) in the Szent István High School in the frame of Öveges Programme (TÁMOP-3.1.3.-11/2-2012-0004) Subotica, Serbia: lecture was given by Etelka Tombácz (”2D-association study on bile acids by Langmuir balance experiments”) on TUDÁSTÉRKÉP “Vajdasági Magyar Tudóstalálkozó 2014” meeting I. Tóth was granted by the “Erdős Pál” Fellowship for 10 months in the frame of the “National Excellence Program (Hungary)” - her research topic is “Development of biocompatible magnetic hydrogels” The COST proposal "Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Magnetic Hyperthermia and Indirect Radiation Therapy"  has been selected for final evaluation - the TDP Panel Hearings will take place on 2014-03-31 in Brussels The paper entitled “Colloidal stability of carboxylated iron oxide nanomagnets for biomedical use” published in Periodica Polytechnica Chemical Engineering is online available The paper entitled “PEGylation of surfacted magnetite core–shell nanoparticles for biomedical application” published in Spec.Issue of Colloids and Surfaces A is online available

Archives - 2013

I. Tóth was awarded by the 1st prize and the Silver Medal of Academic Committee of Szeged (Szeged, Hungary) for her research “Synthesis and surface modification of magnetite nanoparticles by polyanionic protective layers” I. Tóth succesfully defended her PhD thesis entitled “Synthesis of variable sized magnetite nanoparticles and their surface modification by polianionic coatings” Meeting of the Colloid Chemistry Working Committee of Hungarian Academy of Science in Budapest; I. Tóth  and E. Illés gave a lecture Int. Conference on Processes in Isotopes and Molecules (PIM 2013), Cluj Napoca, Romania: plenary lecture was given by Etelka Tombácz (Magnetic nanocomposites: host materials, designed shells on magnetic core) Erzsébet Illés was granted by the “Magyary Zoltán” Postdoctoral Fellowship for 12 months in the frame of the “National Excellence Program (Hungary)” 27th ECIS Conference, Sofia (Bulgaria): lecture was given by E.Tombácz (Enhanced chemical and colloidal stability of carboxylated magnetite nanoparticles designed for biomedical use) posters were presented by E. Illés and I. Tóth - E. Illés and I. Tóth were awarded by the “Best Poster Prize” sponsored by Elsevier The paper entitled “Adsorption of organic acids on magnetite nanoparticles, pH-dependent colloidal stability and salt tolerance” was published in Colloids and Surfaces A BIOFC Workshop on Structural aspects of biocompatible ferrocolloids: stabilization, properties control and application, Kosice (Slovakia): lecture was given by E.Tombácz (Chemical and colloidal stability of carboxylated nanomagnets designed for biomedical applications). The paper entitled “Chemical and colloidal stability of carboxylated core-shell  magnetite nanoparticles designed for biomedical applications” was published in international Journal of Molecular Science BANAMOCA Conference on bile acids - modeling, chemistry and pharmacy II, Novi Sad (Serbia): invited lectures  were given by E.Tombácz (Micellization of bile acid derivatives, a calorimetric study) and M. Szekeres (Two- dimensional association of bile acid derivatives in Langmuir monolayers) sponsored by HUSRB/1002/214/193 Frontiers in Biomagnetic Particles III, Telluride, (USA): lecture was given by E. Tombácz (Colloidal stability of carboxylated magnetite nanoparticles for biomedical use) (OTKA NK-84014, TÁMOP-4.2.2/B-10/1-2010-0012) Workshop "Functionalized Surfaces and Nanobiocomposites", COST Action CM1101, Szeged (Hungary): lecture was given by E. Tombácz (Theranostic potential of carboxylated magnetite nanoparticles) and poster was presented by E.Illés (PEG top shell on oleate coated nanomagnets for biomedical application). Gold-course lecture of Prof. L. Vékás (Romanian Academy-Timisoara Branch, Laboratory of Magnetic Fluids,